The head of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations on Friday criticized news organizations that reported the name of a man sentenced to death for a double murder committed when he was a juvenile. “It is regrettable that the news reports violated the juvenile ...

Some 66.5 percent of Japanese approve of lowering the maximum age at which young offenders serve lighter punishments under the Juvenile Law, while 24.8 percent oppose the idea, a recent poll has shown. With a bill to lower the voting age to 18 from ...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet approved a bill this month to bolster punishments issued under the juvenile law. This is partly in response to growing calls by people victimized by juvenile offenders to reduce their apparent impunity. Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki defended the move ...

The Cabinet approved a bill Friday to lengthen the maximum jail term for juvenile criminal offenders to 20 years from 15, allowing the government to submit it to the Diet. The government is under pressure from people victimized by crimes to revise the Juvenile ...